However, each commercial accentuates stereotypes in different, equally harmful ways. The Crying Indian uses a white actor to visualize a Native man, clothed in traditional regalia. This misplacement of culture is appropriating as it does not reflect the authentic Indigenous experience, but rather how the experience is viewed by those not a part of it. In contrast, Mustang Jeans does use a Native American actor who perfectly embodies the exaggerated features of an Indigenous man: sullen cheeks, a flat mouth, and slanted eyes encompassed by a large nose. The stereotypical image has a history of being used to portray Native people in the past, reminded by media figures such as the Indians in the classic Disney movie, Peter Pan. The act of generalizing any culture is offensive and only forces people into an inaccurate category of who they are and should be. While the message of being more environmentally conscious is a positive notion, conveying it using Indigenous stereotypes takes away from its purpose. The Crying Indian concludes with the Native man staring helplessly into the camera, shedding a